Hay-rack construction.



, Noi 761,882. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

I HI L. 'PBRBIS. HAY RACK CONSTRUCTION.

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UNITED STATES Patented June '7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

' HAY-RACK CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION formingpart ofLetters Patent No. 761,882, dated June 7, 1904.

' Application filed January-22,1904. serial No. 190,107. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. Fnnmsa citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-RackOOn-- struction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hay-rack construction; and its object is to produce a device of this class which shall have certain advantages which will appear fully and at large in the course of this specification.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, which are clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in this specification.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a hay-rack embodying my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in the line 2 2 of Fig. 3 looking in the is a longitudinal section in the two planes indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of certain parts of the device.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the lower transverse members of the hay-rack, the same being preferably four in number.

B B are two longitudinal stringers which rest upon the transverse members A near their ends. The stringers B B are held in place by bolts O, Which pass through the transverse members A on opposite sides of the stringers B and are provided below the members A with nuts 0. The upper ends of these bolts O terminate in hooks 0, which extend through suitable perforations d in downwardly-turned portions D of stirrups D, which overhang the upper edges of the stringers. The upper portions of the stirrups D are provided with transverse slots cl, and the upper surfaces of the members B are hollowed out beneath these slots, as indicated in Fig. 3. Through these slots pass flanges e on the lower edges of cross-bar clamping members E. A plurality of cross-bars F surmount the stringers B, these bars being the same in number as the lower transverse members A, and these cross-bars F are held in place by boltsf, which pass through suitable perforations in said cross-bars and through corresponding perforations e in'the upper ends of the cross-bar clamping members E.

; A feature which makes this hay-rack construction particularly desirable is that the cross-bars F can be removed from the stringers when desired, leaving only the transverse members A and stringers B in place, and these parts, together with the bottom boards com monly placed on the members' A, form a very satisfactory wagon-box. With the particular form of construction herein illustrated also the cross-bar clamps can be bodily removed after the cross-bar is taken out, so that no projections are left on the upper edges of the stringers B. The operation of removing the cross-bars F consists simply in removing the bolts f and pulling the cross-bars-upward, after which the upper edgesof the cross-bar clamps can be swung together and the flanges drawn through the slots.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described. 1 v

-I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent V p 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with suitable lower transverse members, longitudinal stringers surmounting the same, stirrups upon the upper edges of said stringers and bolts connecting said stirrups to said transverse members, of suitable cross-bars upon the upper surfaces of the stirrups and cross-bar clamping members having flanges underneath said stirrups and secured to the sides of said'cross-bars.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination with suitable lower transverse members, longitudinal stringers upon the same, and transversely-slotted stirrups on the upper edges of said longitudinal stringers, of

a plurality of cross-bars upon said stirrups, the county of NlCl'lOlll) and State 01 Illinois, the cross-bar clamping members having this 6th day of January, A. l). 1904-. flanges extending through the slots in said {FN Y L. l lilln. stirrups and secured to the sides of sa1dcr0ss- I J h I J 5 bars. Vitnesses:

In Witness whereof l have signed the above BLAKE B. B ELL,

application for Letters Patent, at Harvard, in \V. S. DODGE. 

